Ashton Byrom Morrison

Background

Morrison, Ashton Byrom was born on October 13, 1922 in Northern Ireland. Came to United States, 1955. Son of Samuel and Henrietta (Good) Morrison.

Education

Bachelor of Medicine, Queen's U, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1946. Doctor of Philosophy, Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1950. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1988.

Doctor of Medicine, Duke University, 1946.

Career

Intern, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, 1947; assistant lecturer, Queens U., 1947-1952; registrar department experimental medicine, Cambridge U., 1952-1955; director medical studies Corpus Christi College, Cambridge U., 1954-1955; associate, Duke U., North Carolina, 1955-1958; assistant professor pathology, University of Pennsylvania School Medicine, 1958-1961; associate professor, U. Rochester School Medicine, 1961-1965; professor pathology, department chairman, Rutgers University Medical School, 1965-1980; vice president academic affairs, Eastern Virginia Medical Authority, 1980-1983; dean, Eastern Virginia Medical School, 1980-1983; professor pathology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School-U. Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey, Camden, 1983-1993; associate dean in charge, Robert Wood Johnson Med School-U. Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey, Camden, 1983-1989; professor pathology emeritus, Robert Wood Johnson Med School-U. Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey, Camden, 1993-1996; professor pathology and laboratory medicine emeritus, Robert Wood Johnson Med School-U. Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey, Camden, since 1997; professor pathology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, since 1994. 22nd Scott Heron lecturer Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1978.

Achievements

• Ashton Byrom Morrison has been listed as a noteworthy pathologist, medical school official by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association Investigative Pathologists (emeritus), American Physiological Society (emeritus), Society Experimental Biology and Medicine (emeritus), American Society Nephrology (emeritus).

Connections

Married Claire Morris, M.D. 1 daughter, Mary Claire.

Father:

Samuel Morrison

Mother:

Henrietta (Good) Morrison

Spouse:

Claire Morris